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Coroner: Shirley Dermond died from blunt force trauma

Cody Rhodes
6 p.m. EDT May 17, 2014

Putnam County sheriff's officials are looking for Shirley Dermond, 87. Her husband was found dead in the garage of their Lake Oconee home Tuesday morning and officials believe she was obstructed.(Photo: Putnam County Sheriff's Office)

He said there is no other visible trauma on the body. A toxicology screening of the body will be done, but results may take two or three weeks or two or three months. "It all just depends on if it shows anything," McElhenney added.

Dental records will definitively say if this is Shirley Dermond, but McElhenney said "I'm pretty certain. Sheriff Sills is pretty certain. And everyone else is pretty certain this is Shirley." He cited general appearance and surgical scars as reasoning.